Plus an interview with Toni Tipton-Martin, cookbook best sellers, “Code Red” read-alikes, Prepub Alert Book Pulse, and new starred reviews
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September 13, 2023

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Stock the Stacks with Flavor | Cookbook Preview 2023 
By Sarah Tansley 
The pleasures of reading and eating combine in cookbooks focused on baked goods, vegetables, and getting better, and faster, in the kitchen. 
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LJ Talks with Toni Tipton-Martin About Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice 

By Sarah Tansley
Tipton-Martin is the editor in chief of Cook’s Country magazine and the author of Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks. 

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20 Best-Selling Cookbooks | The Most Sought-After Titles by Public Libraries 

By LJ Reviews
Joanna Gaines, Miranda Lambert, and Alison Roman are just some of the names topping the charts. 

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Prepub Alert

By Barbara Hoffert

  • Social Science Previews, Mar. 2024, Pt. 5 
  • Historical Fiction, Mar. 2024, Pt. 5 
  • STEM Previews, Mar. 2024, Pt. 5 
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Book Pulse

By Anita Mechler and Kate Merlene

  • Drew Barrymore Dropped from National Book Awards Ceremony 
  • The 2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes Are Announced 
  • Code Red by Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills Tops Holds Lists 
  • Winners of Ned Kelly Awards for Australian Crime Fiction Are Announced 
  • Reese’s Book Club Chooses Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon 
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This Week’s New Starred Reviews

By LJ Reviews 

  • Cross, Kim. In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America’s Child. Grand Central. 
  • McLane, Maureen N. What You Want: Poems. Farrar. 
  • Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror. Random. 
  • Spencer, David. The Novelizers: An Affectionate History of Media Adaptations & Originals, Their Astonishing Authors—and the Art of the Craft. BearManor Media. 
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Shadow Mountain - The Art of Love and Lies

Read-Alikes for Code Red by Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills | LibraryReads 

By Barbara Conaty, Barbara Hoffert, and Russell Michalak  
Code Red
 by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes by Karen Cleveland, Alma Katsu, and Tim Sebastian for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book. 

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Scripting Love | Romance 

By LJ Reviews 
Fall in love with Hollywood while reading these romance novels about the film industry. 

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Tales Retold | SFF 

By Melissa DeWild, Katie Lawrence, Erin Niederberger, and Leigh Verburg 
SFF takes on well-known tales, including “Aladdin,” “Hansel and Gretel,” The Nutcracker, and Slavic folklore. 

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Bookworthy Birds | Natural History 

By David R. Conn and Robert Eagan 
Two forthcoming natural history titles feature birds and best practices for humans to interact with them. 

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